Decision-Making Capacity in Older Adults with Dr. Peter Lichtenberg Living to 100 Club
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- Mental Health
This episode of the Living to 100 Club Radio show has as its guest one of the leading experts in determining decision-making capacity in older adults, Dr. Peter Lichtenberg. Dr. Lichtenberg is the Director of the Institute of Gerontology and Professor of Psychology at Wayne State University, in Detroit, Michigan. Our show will explore financial capacity and financial exploitation, and managing the delicate balance between autonomy and protection for older adults, and we will be discussing the tools he has created to help determine someone’s capacity. What constitutes informed decision-making, and how do we know when mental decline leaves someone incapable of making informed decisions? What makes people especially vulnerable to exploitation, and what have we learned about older adult scams and identity theft? What are the tools he has developed to help determine capacity? Join us for this informative episode of the Living to 100 Club Radio show.
This episode of the Living to 100 Club Radio show has as its guest one of the leading experts in determining decision-making capacity in older adults, Dr. Peter Lichtenberg. Dr. Lichtenberg is the Director of the Institute of Gerontology and Professor of Psychology at Wayne State University, in Detroit, Michigan. Our show will explore financial capacity and financial exploitation, and managing the delicate balance between autonomy and protection for older adults, and we will be discussing the tools he has created to help determine someone’s capacity. What constitutes informed decision-making, and how do we know when mental decline leaves someone incapable of making informed decisions? What makes people especially vulnerable to exploitation, and what have we learned about older adult scams and identity theft? What are the tools he has developed to help determine capacity? Join us for this informative episode of the Living to 100 Club Radio show.